Class Calendar


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday


Aug 19
Intro
Aug 20
Open Lab

Aug 24
Open Lab

Aug 26
Discussion: Encomienda System, Joint-stock companies, Jamestown, John Rolfe

Aug 28
Discussion: Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Pequot War

Sept 1
Open Lab

Sept 3
Wiki Review / Open Lab


Sept 8
Wiki Review / Open Lab

Sept 10
Discussion: Mercantilism, Triangular Trade, Salutary Neglect

Sept 14
Experts: Religious Freedom in New England
Experts: Witchcraft Trials
Experts: Enlightenment
Experts: Ben Franklin
Experts: George Washington

Sept 16
Open Lab

Sept 18
Discussion: French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Navigation Acts

Sept 22
Discussion: Sons of Liberty, Boston Massacre, Intolerable Acts

Homework

Sept 24
Discussion: Enlightenment, Common Sense, Lexington and Concord


Sept 29


Oct 1
Discussion: Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, Valley Forge, French Support

Homework

Oct 5
Wiki Review

Research the founding father that you represent in class and post to your wiki and to the class wiki (could just link to your page).

Use your social network

Oct 7
Wiki Review


Research the colony that you represent and write about it on the class wiki. You can also copy it to your wiki, or link to it. What was it like then? What did the people do for a living, what were their concerns and interests? etc.

Oct 9
Advisory
Answer Discussion Question 1 under The Road to Independence. Discussion: Articles of Confederation, Shays' Rebellion

Oct 13
Discussion: Constitutional Convention, The Federalist Papers, Democratic Republicans, Federalists, Jays' Treaty, XYZ, Alien and Sedition Acts



Oct 19
Experts: War of 1812
Experts: National Bank
Experts: Whiskey Rebellion
Experts: Louisiana Purchase

Oct 21
Test Prep Day - Write the two essay questions. Be sure to add good ideas to the class wiki under that question.

Oct 23
Test Prep Day - Write your two essay questions and prepare for the third question.

Oct 27
TEST DAY

Homework

​Oct 29
How to make a video documentary

last day of term


Nov 3
Discussion: Life in the South, Plantation System, Compromise of 1820, Nullification Crisis

Nov 5
Discussion: Life in the North, Factory System, Lowell Experience

Nov 9
Discussion: The Westward Movement, Monroe Doctrine, American System, Indian Removal Act

Nov 11
Experts: Educational Reform
Experts: Women's Rights
Experts: Temperance
Experts: Capitalism
Experts: Trade Unions

Nov 13
Discussion: Republic of Texas, War with Mexico, Oregon Trail, Gold Rush

Nov 17
Donner Party

Nov 19
Wiki Review / Donner Party

Homework

Nov 23
Work on Documentary

Nov 25


Nov 30
Discussion: Compromise of 1850, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, Bleeding Kansas, John Brown, Election of 1860

Dec 2
Discussion: Secession, CSA, Civil War, Anaconda Plan, Emancipation, Lincoln/Johnson Reconstruction, Congressional Reconstruction, Jim Crow Laws

Dec 4
Constructing the Reconstruction

Homework

Dec 8
Documentary Work

Dec 10
Discussion: Homesteading, Immigration, Ellis Island, Urban Life, Progressives, Imperialism, Spanish-American War

Dec 14
The Curious Case of Mary Mallon

Dec 16
Work on Movies, Test

Dec 18
Work on Movies, test

Dec 22
Open Lab









Jan 5
Wiki Review / Open Lab

Jan 7
Wiki Review / Open Lab

Jan 11
TEST DAY

Jan 13
Video Day